Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Spain's employment increased by 8.3% compared to 2024, reaching 2,465k.

Spain accounts for 19.3% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 65.0% (from 1,494k in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.